Tarchonanthus camphoratusL.

WFO wfo-0000116602 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-08 / obs. 205735526
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186188275
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. c Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138962462
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. d Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119639178
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. e Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113545780
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Hildegard Klein
fig. f Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107428405
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Hildegard Klein
fig. g Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101312246
Tarchonanthus camphoratus, photographed by Hildegard Klein
fig. h Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101311464

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Tarchonanthus camphoratus is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemen
Native distribution of Tarchonanthus camphoratus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Tarchonanthus abyssinicus Sch.Bip.
  • Tarchonanthus abyssinicus Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.
  • Tarchonanthus camphoratus var. camphoratus
  • Tarchonanthus camphoratus var. litakunensis (DC.) Harv.
  • Tarchonanthus litakunensis DC.
  • Tarchonanthus procerus Salisb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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